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“Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.”
Chester W. Nimitz

Chester Nimitz about the Marines on Iwo Jima: "Uncommon valor was a common virtue." Outstanding man.

"God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless."
--Chester W. Nimitz

Not just the Aircraft carrier was named to honor him in the U.S. Navy, but the size class of aircraft carriers that are in service are all Nimitz class Carriers.

Fun fact: After his retirement from the Navy, Nimitz confessed to a journalist that he  always got seasick on board ships.

Massive missed opportunity to have this sponsored by World of Warships

Aussie here,

Chester Nimitz saved our butts bigtime.

The USS ENTERPRISE pictured at about the 5 minute mark was the much newer nuclear aircraft carrier of the name, not the WWII era ship.

Chester Nimitz lost a finger.
If he'd lost two more fingers, he would have been 'invalided out' of the USN.
Chester Nimitz went on to become Admiral Nimitz.

Isoroku Yamamoto lost two fingers at the Battle of Tsushima.
If he'd lost one more finger, he would have been 'invalided out' of the IJN.
Isoroku Yamamoto went on to be come Adrmiral Yamamoto.

If anyone is ever in Fredericksburg I highly recommend visiting the Chester Nimitz Museum. Its a WW2 history Museum focused on the pacific war and its incredible!

Chester Nimitz is a personal hero of mine.

A random note about Admiral Nimitz, during the occupation of Japan, he found the time and had the love of naval history in him, to help ensure the preservation of the Japanese battleship Mikasa, at the time already encased in permanent dry dock, she easily could have been scrapped or destroyed. The Mikasa was the flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Battle of Tsushima, when the fledgling world power clashed with and utterly defeated the Imperial Russian Navy. She's also the last of the British built pre dreadnought battleships... and indeed the only British battleship left in the world. Admiral Nimitz is honored aboard the Mikasa, still around nearly two centuries after her birth in England's shipyards, in Yokosuka, beating heart of the American 7th fleet and Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, where she continues to serve as a museum ship. A small part of a great man and a legendary warrior's legacy, but an important one none the less.

My cat's name is Nimitz. We watched this together. He was on my lap for most of it. He knows who he's named after!

My grandfather was on the USS Arizona when it was sunk, he survived and served throughout the rest of the war under Nimitz

I've studied Nimitz  lot over the years. Actually went to his hometown of Fredericksburg Texas many times and have gone through the museum there a number of times. It is an amazing museum. Can spend an entire day there. I've studied the man and i can't seem to find a fault in him. Nimitz is one of those guys that never forgot who he was and where he came from. One of the more interesting antidotes from Nimitz life was he would go for walks on the beach in Hawaii in his civilian PT clothes. One day he encountered just a common 17 or 18 year old sailor and they walked/ran together. The sailor thought he was just an old civilian dude. He asked the sailor what ship  he served on and if he liked his chiefs and officers. His ship wasn't some interesting ship of war. Just come common and uninteresting support vessel. The young sailor went on a diatribe complaining about everything and how much he hates life onboard the ship and badly their treated by the chiefs and officers. Nimitz asked if be had tried to talk to anyone to voice his complaints, and the young sailor told him that it was pointless because nobody cares what we think or how we're treated. It was at that point Nimitz introduced himself as THE CINCPAC and said, "and I certainly care about how my sailors are treated." Nimitz actually personally visited that sailor's ship and had a word with the ship's CO. He really cared.

Loses finger
“tis but a scratch”

For reference, the 75,000 US casualties at Okinawa were about 1/6 of all US casualties during the war.

Any British person: pronounces "Maryland."
Me, an intellectual: "Where the hell did that 'Y' come from?!?"

there's a large hill on Guam named after him